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Blue Demon (2004)

 Blue Demon (2004)

RELEASED October 15, 2004 RUNTIME 90 mins DIRECTOR Daniel Grodnik 

WRITERS Brett Thompson, Lisa Morton

STARS Dedee Pfeiffer, Randall Batinkoff, Danny Woodburn 

LANGUAGE English 

GENRES Action, Horror, Thriller

Streaming on: TubiTV, Vudu, Amazon Prime




The plot: Project Blue Demon is the name of a group of scientists' plans to train great white sharks to protect the coastline from intruders.


Random observations:

  • The score sounds like a Casio keyboard from 1984 was stuck on "demo mode" whilst a cat rolled around on it. 
  • It's kind of refreshing after a day full of shark movies to see more than one shark at a time, even though the budget wasn't quite meant for it.
  • There are a lot of unnecessary lighting choices in this film.
Another overscored mess. So much of this movie takes place inside buildings with no water in sight. It's these scenes in particular which are most painful because this means the movie is either going to try to be 1) funny and 2) smart but guess what? c) it doesn't accomplish either.


0.2/1 Directing
0.2/1 Cinematography
0.3/1 Visual design
0.4/1 Editing
0.4/1 Plot 
0.2/1 Dialogue
0.1/1 Acting
0.3/1 Soundtrack/Score/Sound
0.4/1 Originality
0.5/1 Rewatchability
Total: 3/10 Binge Bones


The verdict: The sharks aren't too shabby in this, but the people are downright obnoxious.



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